the underwritten is a true copy of the consent and agreement of the minister churchwardens etc of this parish to mr
Jn Newton's
faculty pew as follows we the minister and churchwardens of Earls Colne in the county of Essex whose names are underwritten do consent and agree that
Jn Newton
of Claypitt Green in Earls Colne aforesaid yeo with leave of the right reverend
Edm
lord bishop of London our ordinary which we hereby crave shall have a pew in the east end of the south aisle of the said parish church appropriate to his house called
Claypitts
in the said parish containing 4ft8i in breadth and 7ft in length being the second pew from the pulpit southward witness our hands at the vestry held in the said church this
13.11.1726
Thos Bernard
vicar there present
Thos Sewell
Geo Livermore
Jn Pratt
Jn Unwin
churchwardens
Jn Hatch
Ambrose Towers